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A team of active duty Combat Control (CCT), Pararescue (PJ), and Special Reconnaissance (SR) leveraging our 69 years of special operations experience to make the next generation of operators smarter, faster and stronger than we ever were. We are the PREMIERE resource for all things Air Force Special Warfare. The Ones Ready Podcast is honest talk about what it is like to go from a know-nothing high school graduate to an elite Special Operator. We will cover important practices for success including physical training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset traits essential to any team. Join us in The Team Room to get all your questions answered!! With battle-tested operators from across USAF SPECWAR and far-reaching web of recruiters, subject matter experts, and friends, there are no questions we can’t answer- and if we can’t, we know exactly where to look. See you in The Team Room!Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the OnesReady team are those of the team and do not reflect the official policy or position of the DoD. Any content provided by our Podcast guests, bloggers, sponsors, or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign the DoD, any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone.
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MBRS 60: The Bonus is Gone, Your Orders are Delayed, and the Air Force Blames... Nobody
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Exclusive access to bonus episodes!Welcome to the most brutal members-only episode yet—where we air out the entire damn mess the Air Force tried to sneak past you. No prep. No script. Just raw frustration, hot takes, and wild truths about canceled reenlistment bonuses, halted retirement orders, and why the hell the CMSAF wasn’t even in the loop.
Peaches, Trent, and Aaron tear into this SRB and retirement trainwreck like it owes them backpay—with spicy theories, blunt facts, and zero patience for Pentagon PR spin. We talk broken trust, messaging failures, the impending war on special pays, and the ripple effect of gutting morale across the enlisted force—especially in Special Warfare.
This one’s for the zone E operators, the “non-sexy AFSCs,” and every Airman who’s tired of being told to “just serve harder.” You’re not crazy. You’re just in the Air Force.
🔥 Key Takeaways:
- CMSAF wasn’t told about the bonus cancellation. Let that sink in.
- Bonuses gone. Retirement/separation orders delayed. Messaging? Garbage.
- SRBs are retention tools, not handouts—and they just got nuked mid-cycle.
- “We ran out of money” = cover for shady spending they don’t want audited.
- Zone D/E folks (16–20+ years in) are the real casualties here—watch them walk.
- Special pays are next on the chopping block. Jump pay? Bye.
- Air Force leadership has mastered the art of “oops, we forgot to tell you.”
- If you want to kill morale, this is how you do it—death by a thousand memos.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – No YouTube money, no agenda, just chaos
01:30 – Aaron’s reel pops off: “Shut up and let someone else talk”
03:00 – Operator Training Summit preview + bobbing struggles
06:00 – Taylor Starch: Fitness cyborg & value machine
09:00 – SRB drama begins: Bonus cuts + CMSAF in the dark
12:00 – Theory: They don’t want people looking at the books
14:00 – End strength ≠ readiness for critically manned AFSCs
17:00 – Special pays are next—prepare to lose your jump pay
21:00 – “Do it for service” ≠ doing 1.75 jobs unpaid
25:00 – Air Force sucks at messaging. Still.
28:00 – Real-world impacts: PCS delays, retirement chaos
32:00 – Why zone E dudes will say “F this” and walk
36:00 – Future inflection points will hurt—if we’re not there
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